Tyrone board OKs tax increase

District’s budget for 2022-23 will see average household paying $31 more

TYRONE -- The Tyrone Area School Board approved the district's 2022-23 final budget, which will result in a tax increase.

In Blair County, the new millage rate of 7.2077 mills is a 0.3677 mill increase from last year.

For a Blair County property valued at $100,000, taxes will be about $715 per year, roughly a $31 increase from last year.

Taxes will also be increased for district property in Huntingdon and Centre counties -- 1.8961 and 0.629 mills, respectively.

Next year's revenue is projected to be $29.4 million, and expenditures total $30.3 million.

In 2022-23, revenue will be higher than this year's $25.7 million, mostly because of federal funding.

Local and state revenue figures for 2022-23 are nearly identical to those of the current year's budget.

The district will receive about $4.2 million in federal revenue next year, an increase from this year's $1.87 million.

Expenditures for the upcoming year are higher than this year's approximately $27.5 million.

The deficit for the 2022-23 school year will be less than $1 million, a decrease from this year's approximately $1.8 million.

In an email, district business manager and board secretary Faith Swanson said increasing revenues and "prudent" spending would cover the deficit.

In other matters Tuesday, the board approved Chad Packer as new high school principal.

The board also approved the resignation of board member Matthew Germino, who is applying for a teaching position.

After the meeting, Superintendent Leslie Estep said the board is sad to see Germino go.

"He's just been on the board since December, so I think he was just learning the ropes of being a board member," Estep said. "He was asking good questions and was really contributing positively, so we're disappointed that he's stepping down."

Mirror Staff Writer Andrew Mollenauer is at 814-946-7428.